Our speaker on 18th August will be Kate Hurst and she will be talking about catholic reticence in Maghull and Ormskirk in the 8th century. Our September speaker will be Dot Broady Hawkes and her subject will be Lathom House and in October our speaker will be our very own historian David Ward and he will be talking about Napoleon
Sounds a great trip, (For all our lovely art lovers.)
March 22nd / 25th March 2024 4 days, 3 nights
Costs £369 (40 pax), £379 (35 pax), £409 (30 pax) single supplement £60 pp. St Ives Bay Hotel, Dinner, Bed and Breakfast.
Click on link for info (Maureen Birchall Cornwall 2024)
Both art venues –
Tate St. Ives, Barbara Hepworth Museum, joint fee at a concessionary rate .= £13 per person….Booked separately from Airedale
Also we have booked National Trust , Trengwainton Gardens afternoon 24th.
Free if a member, £11 if not ( to pay on the day ) Nice café on site for a snack.
Book at desk Tuesdays with Maureen or Jan
N.B Airedale require deposit by October 31st 2023
Your holiday will be covered against cancellation only (conditions apply). Further information can be found on our website, which you can share with your members. Details will be provided should yourself or one of your members be unable to travel.
🌟 A reminder there will be no Coffee Morning on the 29th of August. We are having a one week break.
🌟 A list has been placed on the u3a notice board where members who are interested in joining our proposed Indoor Curling group can add their names.
🌟 Members going on the Art Appreciation trip to the Liverpool Arts Fair tomorrow are reminded that they must meet at the Liver Building at 12:00 (noon).
🌟 Roberta Horsefall is selling copies of her poetry collections at the Coffee Morning. All proceeds will be donated to Woodlands.
🌟 History for Fun has invited Kaye Hurst to talk to the group on the 17th of August at Kensington House starting at 14:30.
Hello everybody, my name is Fiona Tucker and I host a Recorder Group in Formby, Merseyside and am trying to discover the level of interest in the proposal outlined below.
PROPOSED : A Recorder Playday.
VENUE : The Quaker Meeting House, Liverpool
DATE: Probably all day Friday or Saturday mid February 2024 depending on the availability of the venue.
COST: £15 depending on number of participants but not more than £20
🌟. August closure – There will be no u3a Tuesday Coffee Morning on the 29th of August. Please be aware that this closure does not affect any groups. Check with your group leaders to find out when or if they are closing for the summer.
🌟 In accordance with our Health and Safety policy may I remind members that we do not allow dogs at our Coffee Mornings unless they are registered Guide Dogs.
10 members of the rambling group today had a very unexpected lovely day for our 8.5 mile circular ramble starting at Glasson Dock near Lancaster. The forecast had been for intermittent showers, but in spite of the very heavy rain on the M6 on our outward journey we found ourselves in a microclimate of warm sunshine and clear blue skies!
We may have a half price offer for December 3rd. Which Is a Sunday.
Question :Why not?
Answer: Why not indeed?
Love it or hate it, it’s back again. Twenty five tickets held for our group. At £2.50 each
Wednesday Sunday December 3rd . meet at venue 11.30 am. .self guided visit.
( cash only please) Just a small victory if your happy with it?
Book at desk Tuesdays with Maureen or Jan. Nice café on site. More info at desk Tuesdays.
Tickets available online, with half price tickets for Liverpool City Region residents on the first Sunday of every month. Which is what we are, so, we’ve got it.
We are not visiting as a group but this is a brilliant small exhibition ,you wont want to miss. On until September 9th . Closed Sundays & Bank Holidays
A poetic exploration of the relationship between nature, culture, and power in the digital age. Through a series of paintings and sculptures, viewers are invited to contemplate the rise and fall of civilisations in the age of globalisation. The show is constructed around the concept of a Chinese garden with sculptures created from Financial Times newspapers which draw inspiration from traditional Chinese ‘scholar’s rocks’ or ‘spirit stones’. Embodying microcosms of landscapes they are meditative focal points between nature and civilisation.
To-day we are off to Wales, to be more precise Snowdonia, with its’ wonderful 
scenery. We will start our day with a visit to the Llanberis Slate Museum, where we will have a demonstration of Slate splitting, there is also a Museum, Quarrymens’ cottages to visit, which have been moved brick by brick from their original place and rebuilt on site. There is also a short film show, 2 Cafes, souvenir shops and craft outlets. Welsh Slate is much admired and has been exported all over the world. Many roofs boast of it. For lunch you can visit
either the 2 on site Cafes or go into Llanberis where there is plenty of choice. After lunch we will travel on the narrow gauge steam railway on a journey which takes about an hour. Travelling round the edge of Lake Padarn, which traffic can’t access, we will see the amazing Snowdonian views which should by then be in all its Autumnal Glory.
WHEN?? Wednesday 25th October 2023. Depart 8.30am Ret.6pm. Price £26 includes train journey. Seats will be on sale at our table on Tuesday 8th August 2023.
New Group – Indoor Curling
No doubt you’ve all watched (if only a bit) the game of Curling at the Winter Olympics and been fascinated by the furious brushing of the ice by the team members as they try to ensure their stone gets closest to the ‘jack’.
Well, we can’t offer you an ice rink (so no brushing needed) but we can offer you a chance to play Indoor Curling at an u3a near you!! Continue reading